Prevention Focused Home-Based Physical Therapy Utilizing Community Partnership Referrals
Prevention Focused Home-Based Physical Therapy Utilizing Community Partnership Referrals
This novel study supports the positive benefits of Home Based Older Persons Upstreaming Physical Therapy (HOP-UP-PT) to older adults identified as "at-risk" by their local senior center after participating in a prevention-focused multimodal program provided by physical therapists in their home.
The purpose of this study was to describe the outcomes of Home Based Older Persons Upstreaming Physical Therapy (HOP-UP-PT) program participants and then to compare these outcomes to non-participants. 144 participants (n=72 per group) will be randomized to either the HOP-UP-PT intervention group or the Normal level of activity group. Six Michigan senior centers will refer adults ≥ 65 years who were at-risk for functional decline or falls. Licensed physical therapists will deliver physical, environmental, and health interventions within their approved scope of practice to the HOP-UP-PT intervention group during nine encounters (six in-person, three telerehabilitation) delivered over seven months. The Normal level of activity group participants are told to continue their usual physical activity routines during the same timeframe. Baseline and re-assessments are conducted at 0-, 3-, and 7-months for both the HOP-UP-PT intervention group and Normal level of activity group. Descriptions and comparisons from each assessment encounter will be analyzed.
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